1. M25 LTG Meeting 11th July 2013
'Using technology to enhance the learning experience on a large undergraduate Psychology module’
Ian Wells

2. The problems of teaching large groups
Lack of interaction
Lack of personal contact
Spread of ability
The ‘Cinema’ effect
A brief introduction to me
I onlty ever teach large groups 250+
Small groups seem odd !
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3. ‘Accumulating marginal gains’
“If only we had …….. everything would be perfect”
“………..” always tends to be some high value capital project
MY APPROACH
Small ‘marginal gains’ from employing simple ‘academic friendly’ technologies
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4. What I use…. Text messaging Youtube Twitter Blog VLE
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5. Text messaging
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6. Youtube
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7. Twitter
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8. (teachingrationalthinking.com) Blog
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9. Blog impact
3664 views from 84 countries
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10. VLE Use the VLE for what it’s good at Repository
‘Container’ for other sources i.e Twitter, Youtube
Formative assessment
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11. Things I’ve tried and failed with:
Facebook
Audience Response Systems
Infuselearning.com might work
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12. Take home message Don’t let the tech dominate Keep it simple
Multiple approaches
As many ‘marginal gains’ as possible
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13. Info Ian Wells Email: i.r.wells@uel.ac.uk Twitter : @PY1105
Blog : teachingrationalthinking.com
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